I had a .name domain since its birth. Then proceeded to loose it because of bad luck and bad planning.
I tried to retrieve it but after a week of back and forth exchanges (mostly back from my side) I gave up.
Moved to .fr hoping that it will be stable (price wise) as a national TLD - so far so good.
National TLDs from major developed nations and .com/.net/.org are the only TLDs I would consider safe for the long-term.
(I’m excluding restricted-use TLDs like .edu here.)